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Vote: | A man may for a time lay a curb and restraint upon his lusts, so that they do not come forth into action, even without the powers of mortifying grace. A man may bridle a lust for many years, and yet the lust remains unmortified. Therefore, I say, do not count the restraining of a sin to be the mortifying of a sin. |
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Vote: | Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing. |
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Vote: | For, though every man has sin in him seminally, yet there are some sins which by nature he is more inclined to than others, according to his constitution. |
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Vote: | He hath desired to bring the souls of other men to heaven; let his soul be brought to heaven. |
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Vote: | I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages. |
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Vote: | I know you are a woman of sorrowful spirit, yet be comforted, though you sorrows be great for you husband going out of the world, yet your pains shall be the less in bringing your child into the world; you shall be a joyful mother, though you be a sad widow; God hath many mercies in store for you; the prayer of a dying husband for you, will not be lost. |
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Vote: | If the Lord should bring a wicked man to heaven, heaven would be hell to him; for he who loves not grace upon earth will never love it in heaven. |
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Vote: | Let mortification be especially directed to strike at those sins that act your master sins-that at, most prevalent and predominant in your heart, that yet you have most prayed against and are least able to resist, that strongly assault you and most easily beset you and are masters over you. |
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Vote: | Mortifying the deeds of the body cannot be understood of the religious deeds of the body, for they are to be cherished, nor of the natural deeds of the body such as eating and drinking; but it refers to the sinful actions that are done by the body arising from the temptations and injections of Satan or the corrupt dictates of our own sinful heart. |
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Vote: | Most Glorious and eternal Majesty, Thou art righteous and holy in all thou dost to the sons of men, though thou hast suffered men to condemn Thy servant, Thy servant will not condemn Thee. |
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Vote: | Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction. |
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Vote: | Pray in your family daily, that yours may be in the number of the families who call upon God. |
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Vote: | The Lord think upon our covenant-keeping brethren of the Kingdom of Scotland; keep them faithful to Thee, and let not them that have invaded them overspread their whole land. Prevent the shedding of more Christian blood if it seems good in Thine eyes. |
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Vote: | When you find your heart secure, presumptuous and proud, then pour upon corruption more than grace: then look upon your grace without infirmities. |
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Christopher Love (1618 – August 22, 1651) was a Welsh Protestant preacher and advocate of Presbyterianism at the time of the English Civil War.
Love was born at Cardiff, in Glamorganshire, Wales, in 1618. He was educated at New Inn Hall, Oxford University, in 1635. After taking the master's degree he was obliged to leave Oxford for refusing to subscribe to Archbishop William Laud's canons.
He went to London, and became domestic chaplain to the sheriff, and took a bold stand against the errors of
the Book of Common Prayer and the religious tyranny of the times. He was cast into prison on
account of an aggressive sermon at Newcastle, and in various ways persecuted in London.
At the outbreak of the English Civil War, he was made preacher to the garrison of Windsor Castle, where he offended the Church establishment through his outspoken opinions.
He was one of the first to receive presbyterial ordination under the new organization in Jan. 23, 1644, at Aldermanbury; London; and became pastor of St. Laurence Jewry in London, where he was highly esteemed for the eloquence and vigor of his preaching.
He was a strong Presbyterian, the leader of the younger men of that party. In this way he became involved in a
treasonable correspondence with the Presbyterians of Scotland to restore Charles II; and, with many others, was arrested May 7, 1651, and chosen to make an example of, to check the Presbyterian agitation against Oliver Cromwell and in favor of Charles II.
He was condemned and beheaded on Tower Hill, an event which caused great indignation among the Presbyterian party, which had petitioned, by ministerial bodies and parishes, in vain for his pardon. He went to his death as their hero and martyr. His funeral sermon was preached by Thomas Manton to an immense sympathizing audience.
His sermons were published, after his death, under the auspices of the leading Presbyterians of London. The most important of his works are:
*Grace, the Truth and Growth, and different Degrees thereof (226 pp., London, 1652);
*Heaven's Glory, Hell's Terror (350 pp., 1653);
*Combate between the Flesh and the Spirit (292 pp., 1654);
*Treatise of Effectual Calling (218 pp.,1658);
*The Natural Man's Case Stated (8vo, 280 pp., 1658);
*Select Works (8vo, Glasgow, 1806-07, 2 vols.).
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